ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Grizzlies 1/9/2025

Have you not seen Jalen Green in the Mavs, Celtics, Lakers Games.

 

Good win,

still, get Fred off my team

 

I voted (and for Alpi too)... as well as Amen, Bari, & Cam

 

LMAO

 

Cam Whitmore is predictable. Getting the ball stolen by Ja, getting blocked by Ja.
Very predictable. Double Team Cam, Cam panics passes for a turnover.

 

Cool story bro!

 

Fred hit the biggest shot of the game, when everyone else was turning the ball over every possession.

 

We don’t win this game without him.

Who do you replace him with?

 

exactly

 

Jalen was excellent tonight.

 

This MF Ben DuBose piece of sh*t saying trade Jalen Green and 4 1st Round Picks in the off-season for Devin Booker a terrible 3 pt shooter this season and statpadder, terrible locker room guy, terrible to the rim penetration.

Ben DuBose needs to go to a Mental Hospital.

 

Taylor Jenkins goes full Bill Belichick.

 

Memphis made several runs, hitting difficult shots (and hunting fouls) against solid D to make it a game. The Grizzlies hoped to steal one, but the Rockets closed it out. I love seeing the teamwide confidence and growth of this group.

There are lots of areas to improve, but I'll take the win. No complaints.

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I'd like to see what Alpi does in winning time - when he has the entire game being the focus on offense and continues to cook the opposition and be in a rhythm the entire game.

This is yet another game in a growing list of games, where he has spurts (the entire first half tonight) constantly getting it and letting him decide if he wants to attack or distribute (as opposed to touching it purely out on the perimeter to set a screen and immediately pass it for someone else over and over again), and he proceeded to cook Memphis. Then in the second half they do what they always do and pretended he was Jock Landale out there for long stretches. Result = no rhythm at the end.

At least he rebounds and defends even when he does have bad possessions to end the game with the ball like he did tonight.

Jalen on the other hand is going to absolutely tank his trade value in the playoffs when the defensive intensity lifts for the entire game not just end of games. I wouldn't trust him to hold onto one of his newborns at the end of games when teams extend the pressure on him as the primary ballhandler.

I'm not going to even blame Alpi for that travelling turnover when out of a timeout Udoka's play call was to throw him a pass right in the corner of the court to easily be double teamed and have no outlet valves. How is that a play an NBA coach draws up? That is U12s stuff not to pass it to anyone - let alone a big man - right in the corner where he can't go anywhere.

Thankfully Stephen Adams looks to be rounding back into game shape, he's been noticeably better recently.

i had a good laugh at FVV ushering Morant right to the rim with zero hindrance nor effort to stop him, then immediately turning and yelling at Sengun for having the audacity to not defend two players at once.

 

Who the hell is our shooting coach?

Alpi leaning in every time he shoots free throws should be a fix that should have been done last season.

This is a simple fix that will help his free throw percentage go up. He needs to stay on the line when he shoots. Leaning in every single time is the reason he’s struggling and inconsistent at the line.

 

Choking is missing FTs - our coaches fail to run any play other than give JG the ball and try and beat the double team … or give Alpi the ball and try and beat the double team … they should of had FVV in action with Jalen and Amen in action with Alpi but Alpi and Amen both didn’t want to get fouled on the offensive end so it was basically just JG and Fred with 3 bricklayers to close the game